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P; B. WELLS. [SPARK GONDIIUTOR FOR LOCOMOTIVES. N0. 283,839; PatentedAug. 28, 1883.

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SPARK CONDUCTOR FOR LOCOMOTIVES. No. 283,839. Patented Aug. 28, 1888. YE 5 WITNESSES: W INVENT'OR mw/fww $2M ATTORNEYS llriirrnn STATES PATENTOFFICE.

SPARK-=CONDUCTOR FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

283,839, dated August 28, 1883,

Application filed December 12, 1852. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK B. WELLs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Montreal, in the county ofMontreal and Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in SparleOonductors forLocomotives, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved means or apparatus for conductingaway the smoke and cinders issuing through the smoke-stacksofrailroad-locomotives while in motion, whereby the passengers ormerchandise in a train may be saved from inconvenience or danger ofinjury or destruction by reason .of the incandescent or other cindersand smoke from the locomotives passing into or upon the coaches orother. railroad rolling-stock.

My invention also greatly aids to prevent local conflagrations caused bythe ejection of incandescent particles from locomotives while passingthrough fields or land, or iii the neighborhood of houses 01' buildingsduring the dry or heated season.

The nature of my invention will be fully explained by reference to thefollowing specif1- cation and the drawings annexed, which form part ofthe same.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a diagram view of arailroad-locomotive, with a tender and three cars attached, with myimprovements applied thereto, my improvements being represented partlyin elevation and partly in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view;Fig. 3, a plan, and Fig. 41. a front View, of the smoke stack of thelocomotive separately.

Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of one of the r flexible devicesconnecting the sections of the smoke-conducting pipe.

In each of the views similar letters of reference 1nd1cate correspondingparts wherever I they occur.

A represents the outline of a railroad-locomotive, and B the-tenderthereof. 0 O O are supposed to be three coaches o-r carriages. Theconstruction of the locomotive may be according to any desired patternand of any make, as my invention is applicable to the variousdescriptions of steam-railroad locomotive-engines and rolling-stock.

The pipe D in the arrangement shown is formed in sections (1 (Z d" (1*(P, each of which is connected together by means'of a flexiblesection-connector, E, hereinafter more fully described. The flexibleconnectors E are formed, by preference, of prepared leather lined withflexible wire or other suitable material, arranged, by preference, inthe form of a tube. Each end'of the flexible connections E is bypreference fitted with a sliding'nosepiece, 0 adapted to be receivedinto a socket, c, in the end of each section of pipe D. The flexibleconnections E, as before described, are by preference formed of preparedleather or other suitable material, which may be lined with wire orotherwise, as desired, so arranged as to be capable of compression andexpansion or elongation. At frequent intervals the flexible connectionsE are provided with internal disteiidingrings, e, on the upper sides ofwhich are formed or riveted rings or loops 6', which are capable ofsliding freely on asuspensionbar, F, supported at the rear of theengine-cab, tender, and cars. (Shown in Fig. 1.) The sections of thepipe may be supported in any suitable manner, and may be arranged, asshown, 011 the top of the cars or coaches, or at the side thereof, or inany other suitable manner.

The suspension-rod F, at the end of each car or device to which theflexible connection E is for the time attached, is suspended by means Iof tubes ff, formed with flaring mouth-pieces, ff, pivoted on standardsf f, standing up from the roof or upper part or support, carrying thesectional pipe D, in such manner as to readily allow of a limited amountof play to, and the insertion or withdrawal of, the said connection whendesired, while at the same time they afford a full support to the same.The tubes f f are by preference formed cylindrical. They may, however,be of other shape. The suspension-rods F at their opposite ends, whentwo cars or vehicles are connected to gether in the usual manner, aresupported in the tubes f f, carried by standards f.

G G are latches applied on each side of the end D of the sections ofpipe D, for the purpose of latching the nose-pieces in position on theends D of the sections of the pipe D.

H is a damper or valve working 011 a shaft,

71, arranged transversely of the section (1 of the pipe D, and operatedby a lever, h, affixed on the shaft h, and controlled in position by asliding handle-lever, if. The object of the damper or valveH is to closethe pipe D, when desired.

As will be obvious, the operation of the device is as follows: When thedamper A is closed and the damper or valve H is open and the train is inmotion, the air will rush in through the flaring opening A and conductthe cinders, smoke, and produetsof combustion through the pipe D to therear of the train, when it will be discharged freely, with out liabilityof danger or inconvenience. When the engine is stationary, the damper Hmay be closed and the damper A opened, when smoke will issue in theordinary manner.

The smoke-stack 'Ai at its upper end is provided with a raised top, A",which is provided with radial openings A, which are capable of beingopened and closed by a revolving damper, A, pivoted on a center, a, asshown, and operated by acentral shaft, a, to

' which motion may be communicated by wheels a a and a cross-shaft, a,operated by a crank or handle on the outside of the smoke-stack, andcontrolled in position by a cord or line, a or otherwise, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. In spark-conductors for locomotives, the combination, with a seriesofconducting-pipes, D, of the flexible bellowsshaped connections E,provided with rings or loops 6 adapted to pass over a suspension-rod, F,and to hold the I 2ss,s39

connections E in position thereby, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a railroad-locomotive having a Smokestack, A,formed with a 0 flaring mouth-piece, A rotary valve A, a section ofpipe, (1, and a damper or valve, H, of a series of sections of pipe, D,extending over or along a train, and connected by flexible tubes E,provided with snpportsor sus- 5 pending means, F f f f f, constructed asshown and described.

3. The combination, with a railroad-locomotive having a smoke-stack, A,formed with a flarin mouthiece A rotar valve A a o' section of pipe, 61,and a' damper or valve H, of a series of sections of pipe, D, flexibletubes E, formed with distending-ringse, rings or loops e and thesuspension means F f ff f,

substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with a railroad-locomotive having a smoke-stack, A,formed with a flaring mouth-piece, A?, rotary valve A, a

section of pipe, (1, and a damper or' valve, H, of a series of sectionsof pipe, D, flexible tubes 60 E, formed with distending-rings 6, ringsor loops a nose-pieces e sockets 6, suspension means F, and tubes f f ff, pivoted on standards f arranged and adapted to operate substantiallyas shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of August,1882.

' 1 B. wELns.

Witnesses:

ANT. WV. BrssoN, THos. DUOHESNEAU.

